There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Professor Li's face somewhat resembled the young man's, yet, in truth, nobody in the Li Family bore any resemblance to Professor Li.

If not for genetics, probably no one would believe that Professor Li was a scion of their family.

This was because, after being possessed, Professor Li's appearance had gradually shifted to resemble the youth.

Xu Shuo looked calmly at the face he had seen in his dreams for over a thousand years and suddenly said in a low voice, "The Paradise Bird is no longer the Heavenly Bird it once was; after living among human society for over a thousand years, you should know that there are some things one simply must do."

"If we continue to allow an organization like the Paradise Bird to exist, the world will only become more chaotic."

"If we do nothing today, perhaps tomorrow the world will become the despairing and chaotic scene you have seen before, utterly devoid of hope and light."

"Humans took only two hundred years to reclaim the Wasteland from the monsters, but the civil war has been raging for over three hundred years."

"You know what that means."

The young man had never killed anyone.

He had never personally harmed any human being.

The mission to destroy the Space Jump Channel—rather than being a faction mission released by the system, it was a task requested by the Director of the New An Bureau.

However, the young man was not a rigid person; he was just naturally gentle and good-tempered.

If he were stubborn, he would not have allowed the New An Bureau to sell the information of those disputatious New Humans to the authorities for handling.

He appeared so mighty that he seemed like a deity, and yet he had many personal quirks.

Such as being frequently tricked by humans.

And often being socially withdrawn.

He could have taken his body back long ago, but due to his reclusiveness, he had avoided doing so for decades.

Xu Shuo reached out and touched the youth in the nutrient tank, then turned his wrist, skillfully embedding his fingertips into the youth's head and pulling a fine silver thread from the back of his skull.

The procedure was anything but delicate; the thread had already fused with the brain's nerves, thus stirring the entire brain into chaos as it was pulled.

But it didn't matter, for he recovered quickly.

After the item was removed, the punctured spot on the back of his head fused back together, and even the brain matter that had dripped out evaporated on the spot.

It was as if... it had been refreshed.

When the Director of the New An Bureau realized that he was being controlled, he could have done the same, but he did not have the chance.

So, he had to abandon that body before Long Xunyin could control his consciousness.

After cutting off the neural control, Xu Shuo carefully inspected the other areas of the body, and after ensuring there were no issues, covered it with his spiritual power.

The next moment, the body radiated a jubilant attraction, and instantly his consciousness successfully merged with it.

Professor Li's body lay next to the nutrient tank while Xu Shuo opened his eyes and sat up from within it.

He raised his hand and clenched it, feeling no discomfort whatsoever in his control power.

Releasing his immense psychic ability, he passed directly through Long Xunyin's quantum network, taking into his mind the entire building and even the plaza, the sky, and the Huai'an District.

The obstruction was completely non-existent.

Xu Shuo had not previously planned on reclaiming the Director of the New An Bureau's body; even when facing the challenge of Xiu Bargas, who possessed the Absolute Territory, he had prepared an alternative— that blood sample.

However, now the body lay right before him.

After all, the Director of the New An Bureau's body would allow his spiritual power and superpowers to be fully deployed.

So, trying it wouldn't hurt, right?

With that thought, Xu Shuo opened the Player's Handbook and glanced at the Character Card slot. The progress bar had not retreated but had advanced further.

Quite a pleasant surprise. It seemed that this reclusive child didn't mind taking back his body.

Xu Shuo got out of the nutrient tank, picked up Professor Li's body to place it inside, but just then, he suddenly turned to look outside.

The Quantum Laboratory outside was extremely spacious, the entire three hundredth floor lacking partitions, filled only with dense energy.

Now, Cheng Can had come in.

Even though he was walking warily, sticking close to the walls, because there were no obstructions to block the view on the three hundredth floor, his figure was in plain sight.

From a distance of tens of meters, Cheng Can had already noticed the independent laboratory and the person inside.

In that moment, his Soul Imprint stirred!

"Could it be... you're the Director of the New An Bureau?!" Cheng Can exclaimed in shock.

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Xu Shuo paused.

So how did Cheng Can get in here?

And he wasn't even discovered immediately, more importantly, Long Xunyin didn't detect anything at all.

Xu Shuo took a careful look at him, the Soul Imprint was still there, but it seemed that there was also an Energy Membrane around Cheng Can that might have the function to block probes.

A miscalculation; these players really have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.

Not far away, Cheng Can hesitated briefly, but eventually started walking toward the central, isolated laboratory.

After instructing the other New An Bureau members to monitor the glowing sphere outside, Cheng Can tried to get closer to the area where the juniors were, and then stumbled into this strange place by accident.

The whole floor only had this one partitioned area, it just didn't seem right.

But he couldn't get into the laboratory, eyeing the Energy Barrier at the entrance, Cheng Can wisely stopped in his tracks.

"Are you really the director of the New An Bureau?" Cheng Can asked tentatively.

"It's me," Xu Shuo nodded at him.

"Wait a second! Is that Xu... Jieta? What happened to him?" Cheng Can suddenly noticed the person in the young boy's arms, showing a hint of surprise and suspicion.

While asking, he quickly glanced at the team panel in the corner, not seeing any red or grey names, which meant there were no problems.

Taking the opportunity, Xu Shuo placed Professor Li into the nutrition capsule, then said indifferently, "He intruded into this place, so I put him to sleep first."

Cheng Can was startled, "Oh..."

Then he rapidly came to a realization, "Eh? So now I am also..."

Xu Shuo looked over with a meaningful gaze.

Cheng Can immediately shouted, "Wait a minute! Big shot, hear me out! You issued a mission to Delta before to destroy that... what's it called, but since Delta couldn't enter, now I'm here to complete it, and I have something that can destroy that space channel thing!"

Seventy-five words in a breath, Cheng Can blurted out quickly, then anxiously eyed the young boy opposite him.

Xu Shuo's eyebrows rose with interest, "Oh? What's that?"

Cheng Can hurriedly pulled out a small spherical object and handed it over.

He had found it in his inventory, previously unable to understand what it was for, but he certainly wouldn't carry something useless into the game.

So, it must've been a prop prepared specifically for this script!

In any case, just using it first was the right move!

Xu Shuo waved his hand, and just like that, the Energy Barrier trapping the laboratory was gone—for him, now back in his original body, such a restraint was really nothing at all.

Carefully stepping into the laboratory, Cheng Can hurriedly began to introduce his gadget, "This thing is called Superluminal Particle Fluctuation, it should be able to stop that Space Jump Channel from opening, the specific method of use... uh, I think you turn it on like this?"

Cheng Can looked slightly embarrassed as he said the latter, then tried to twist open the ping-pong ball-sized sphere.

Throwing it certainly wasn't the solution, because he had already thrown it at the huge glowing sphere outside with no effect; it even took him a long time to find the sphere he'd tossed.

That's why Cheng Can took a risk and headed indoors—perhaps the switch for the channel was in there.

Xu Shuo took the sphere and looked at it, but couldn't make anything out either.

One can only say, though not everything produced by the system is a gem, players definitely can't figure them out.

But hearing the name filled with a scientific ring, and searching through his memories, Xu Shuo guessed that this device was probably for dealing with the Quantum Field that Long Xunyin had developed.

However, Xu Shuo had actually planned to bulldoze through it all anyway.

So he casually pocketed the small sphere.

"I have it now, but I'll handle the next steps, you guys don't need to intervene anymore," Xu Shuo stated calmly.

"..." Cheng Can had more to say but hesitated.

"Is there something else?" Xu Shuo looked at him curiously.

"That..." Cheng Can hesitated yet again.

"If there's nothing, then go to sleep," Xu Shuo said with a slight smile.

"..."

With a face full of reluctance, but unable to suppress the drowsiness instigated by the Soul Imprint in his brain, the shielding device he had prepared earlier proved useless, and Cheng Can eventually lost consciousness.

The director of the New An Bureau was truly unimaginably strong.

But...

Damn it! The guy pocketed his gadget!

If it's no use to you anymore, then give it back, jerk!

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